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Originally Posted by Gordon
Im not sure if I can say anything as I'm in shock as to how awful his life was. What he saw and had to do just to stay alive.
A must read.
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I read it last week. It was so well-written by the author and she clearly portrayed him accurately and got to know him very well whilst he told her his story.
I see she is going to write about one of the other people in the book, Cilke, who also had to do and say things to stay alive in there.
I think what struck me was that many who were forced to do things for the SS - and lets face it, they had no choice - were later charged with being conspirators and sent to prison after the war.
I found it to be a book about endurance and focused on that element rather than the horrors of what the tattooist (Lale) had to do and what he witnessed. I found him to be a man of incredible strength mentally and he did whatever he could for others in there, not just for staying alive himself. He was a resourceful man and he deserved to survive to tell his story, which gives another perspective of the Holocaust from a primary source and in his case, someone who could have been shunned by society for what he did - as the title of the book tells us.
Anyway, how are you getting on Gordon? Hope you’ve been able to continue keeping the nausea at bay.